©The Art Institute of Chicago

The Ballet Master

[Le Maître de ballet]

MS : 211
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago - Illinois - Etats-Unis
Inv. 1951.110B

The Artwork

Dimensions
23 × 50 cm - 9 1/16 × 19 11/16 in.
Period
Circa 1872
Support
papier
Medium
Huile, Aquarelle, crayon graphite
Stamp
Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas – Vente Degas, 1919, IV, n° 206b (repr.) – Robert Sonnenschein, Etats-Unis – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1951 (Don Robert Sonnenschein).

Exhibitions

Saint-Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1966-1967, n° 66 – Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984, n° 23, repr. p. 58 – Washington, National Gallery, 1984-1985, n° 12 – Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, n° 132, repr. p. 238  (Ottawa et New York seulement) - Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017,  Degas : A New Vision, repr.  p. 04.

Bibliography

Lemoisne, 1946-1949, II, n° 367bis, p. 194, repr. p. 195 – Browse, [1949], n° 40a – Boggs, Cat exp. Saint Louis, Philadelphie, Minneapolis, 1966-1967, cat. 66 - Lassaigne, Minervino, 1974, n° 483, repr. p. 109 – Reff, Metropolitan Museum Journal, 4, 1971, p. 149 (repr.) – Reff, The Artist's Mind, 1976, p. 282 (repr.) – Haller Olsen, II, 1979, n° 2G1, p. 43 - Brettell, MacCullagh, Cat. exp. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984, p. 58-60, cat. 23 (repr.) - Loyette, 1991, p. 370 - Loyrette, Cat. exp. Melbourne, Houston, 2017-2018, (n.n.), p. 103-104.

Last updated : 08/11/2025